The data show California shopper’s confidence in current conditions sits just below a record set in December while their outlook for the financial future hit a new high in March.

California confidence, by this yardstick, has grown at an annualized rate of 9 percent in the 14 months since Donald Trump became president. That’s the same annual pace of improvement seen in the previous eight years when Barrack Obama was in the White House.

Growing shopper optimism was seen in most big states tracked by the Conference Board. For example, the Illinois index also hit a record high in March, its second month in a row.

Good vibes were near record territory elsewhere, too. Four states had their confidence index fall off highs set in February: Texas, New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. And Florida’s index rose to just below a record high that dates to 2007.

Michigan was the outlier, with confidence falling to a six-month low.

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